If you are so freakin’ worried about being seen on tv shaking the hand of the POTUS during next Tuesday’s SOTU speech, then move away from the aisle and let someone else who knows a bit of manners put their hand out.
Then the famous “Trump shake” could be life threatening considering he might pull someone over the banister – PB/TK
Democrats’ dilemma: To shake or not to shake President Trump’s hand –
President Barack Obama shook hands with lawmakers as he strode down the middle aisle of the House of Representatives before his final State of the Union, breaking into a wide smile when he saw a very familiar face.
“Eliot, you’re here,” Obama said.
“Would I be anyplace else?” Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.) replied.
For nearly three decades, Engel has been on the aisle for every presidential address to Congress. For a fleeting moment, it’s just him and the president — two Republicans and two Democrats since he began the tradition in 1989 — shaking hands in a show of support for the leader of the free world.
Engel could be someplace else Tuesday night, when President Trump strides down the House’s center aisle to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress. It’s not technically called a State of the Union this early in a presidential term, but Trump’s speech will have the same bells and whistles.
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